Pull-out watch case



April 30, 1957 H. DINSTMAN PULL-OUT WATCH CASE Filed Dec. 15, 1954 INVENTOR.

. DINSTMAN United States Patent PULL-OUT WATCH CASE Hyman Dinstman, New York, N. Y., assignor to I. D. Watch Case Co., Inc., Jamaica, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application December 15, 1954, Serial No. 479,412

4 Claims. (Cl. 58-88) This invention relates to new and useful improvements in watchcases of the extensible and travel clock types.

More particularly, the present invention proposes the construction of an improved pull-out watchcase which can be used on desk, dresser, table, bedroom nightstand and other top surfaces safely and stably to hold a watch at "an inclined angle for use as a clock and which will completely encase the watch compactly for carrying, storing or shipping.

As a further object, the present invention proposes forming the pull-out watchcase with extensible covers and a tray having an outer frame pivotally mounted therein with means automatically to raise the frame at an inclined angle when the covers are pulled out from the tray.

Still further, the present invention proposes constructing the covers and tray with means automatically to draw the covers over the tray when the frame is pushed back down into the tray.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, and to the appended claims in which the various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 is a top plan view with parts broken away and in section of the new pull-out watchcase with a watch mounted therein and the covers shown in extended or open position, the watch and outer frame being disposed flatly in the tray between the covers.

Fig. 2 is a side view, partly broken away and in section of the structure shown in Fig. l but with the outer frame pivoted into its tilted position.

Fig. 3 is a side view of the watchcase and watch shown in Fig. 1 but with the covers disposed in closed position and with parts broken away and in section.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on line 4 -4 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on line 55 of Fig. 2.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the new watchcase of the present invention is generally designated by the reference numeral 15.

Watchcase has a pair of outer shell covers 16 and 17 having opposed open ends 18 and 19, respectively, and closed ends 20 and 21, respectively. The covers are hollow and may be made of metal, plastic, ivory, wood or other such material.

A tray 22 having side walls 23, 24, 25 and 26 with a top opening 27 is provided withside portions 28 and 29 slidably mounted in the covers 16 and 17, respectively. Tray guide members 30 and 31 are mounted in the covers 16 and 17 fixed to the closed ends 20 and 21. The tray guide members 30 and 31 have guide slot openings 32 and 33 in them. Guide arms 34 and 35 are fixed to the side portions 28 and 29 of the tray 22 and disposed adjacent and parallel to the guide slot openings 32 and ice 33 in the tray guide members 30 and 31. Bar-shaped members or rivets 36 with washers 37 extend from the guide arms 34 and 35 through the guide slot openings 32 and 33 slidably to connect the tray with the tray guide members 30 and 31 and with the covers 16 and 17 to Which and in which the tray guide members are secured.

Toggle links 38 with springs 39 in each cover provide a resilient cover closing means having combined spring and lever action. Toggle links 38 are pivotally attached to brackets 40 and 40' fixed respectively to the closed ends of covers 16 and 17 and with side portions 28 and 29 of the tray 22. The springs 39 resiliently hold the tray normally disposed completely inside the shell covers. The toggle links 38 are extensible so as to permit the covers to be pulled apart to dispose the full top opening 27 of the tray 22.

An outer watch holding frame 41 is flatly mounted in the tray 22. The frame 41 has one side 42 provided with pivot pins or trunnions 43 pivotally mounted in the side walls 23 and 25 of the tray adjacent the top opening 27 of the tray. In this manner the frame 41 is pivotally mounted in the tray so that it can lie flatly within the tray as shown in Figs. 1 and 3 or can be tilted or pivoted into the raised or inclined position shown in Figs. 2, 4 and 5.

The tray 22 is adapted closely to fit through the opposed open ends 18 and 19 of the covers 16 and 17 and to fit entirely within the covers, the tray being of slightly less thickness than the covers. The outer watch holding frame 41 has a front face 44 disposed adjacent the top opening 27 of the tray when the frame is lying flatly in the tray and the face 44 is adapted to be closely covered with the tray by the covers 16 and 17 together with any watch in the tray, such as watch 45.

Frame 41 may be provided with recesses 46 adapted securely but removably to receive dimples or detents 47 on the watch to hold the watch in the frame.

Resilient frame pivoting means for raising and tilting the frame from the tray is provided as follows. A'leaf spring 48 is mounted in the tray with one end '49 secured to the tray 22 and the other end 50 connected with the frame 41. The spring 48 constantly and continuously biases the unsecured portion of the frame 41 out of the tray so that when the covers 16 and 17 are pulled from the frame and top opening of the tray as shown in Fig. l, the frame will pivot and rise to its inclined position shown in Figs. 2, 4 and 5.

A stop pin 51 is fixed to the frame 41 and tray 22 is provided with a slotted arcuate pin opening 52 in its side wall. Thestop pin 51 is slidably disposed in the pin opening 52 so as to provide stop means to hold the frame 41 pivoted at a predetermined angle, which angle as illustrated is about forty-five degrees.

Secured to cover 16 outside the cover and at the closed end thereof by a shackle 53 is a ring 54 for carrying the pull-out watchcase 15 on a chain or securing it on a pin. In addition to a watch opening 55 in the frame 41, the frame has an opening 56 for the stem knob 57.

Toggle links 38 each have four arms 60, 61, 62 and 63. Arms 60 and 61 are each pivotally connected at one end by pin 64 to bracket 40 and pivotally connected at their other ends by pins 65 and 66 respectively to ends of arms 62 and 63. The other endsof arms 62 and 63 are pivotally connected by pin 67 to bracket 49. Four springs 39 are provided, two on each side of the toggle,v

pulled apart and the frame is uncovered, the spring 48 will force the frame to rise into its inclined position and the frame in this position will prevent the covers from retracting, To close the watchcase, the frame is pressed back flatly into the tray and the springs 39 then retract the covers.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise construction herein disclosed and the right is reserved to all changes and modifications coming within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is:

l. A pull-out watchcase for desk, dresser, table, bedroom night-stand and other top surface use comprising a pair of outer shell covers having opposed open ends, a tray having side walls with a top opening and side portions slidably mounted in said covers, an outer watch holding frame flatly mounted in the tray and having one side pivotally secured to said tray, resilient frame pivoting means connected with the said frame to pivot the frame and bias the unsecured portion of said frame out of the tray when the covers are pulled from the frame and the top opening of the tray, said pivoting means ineluding a bowed spring, stop means connected with the outer frame to hold said frame pivoted at a predetermined tilted angle, and resilient cover closing means in the outer shell covers connected with said side portions of the tray resiliently to hold the tray disposed completely inside the outer shell covers when the outer watch holding frame is untilted and flatly disposed in the tray, said resilient cover closing means being extensible toggle links pivotally connected with the covers and with said side portions of the tray, and springs connected with the toggle links and joints thereof biasing the toggle links in a retracted position resiliently to hold the tray completely inside the covers when the outer Watch holding frame is flatly disposed unpivoted in the tray.

2. A pull-out watchcase for desk, dresser, table, bedroom night-stand and other top surface use comprising a pair of outer shell covers having opposed open ends, a tray having side walls with a top opening and side portions slidably mounted in said covers, an outer watch holding frame flatly mounted in the tray and having one side pivotally secured to said tray, resilient frame pivoting means connected with the said frame to pivot the frame and bias the unsecured portion of said frame out of the tray when the covers are pulled from the frame and the top opening of the tray, said pivoting means including a bowed spring, stop means connected with the outer frame to hold said frame pivoted at a predetermined tilted angle, said tray being adapted closely to fit through the opposed openends of the covers and entirely within the covers and said outer watch holding frame having a front face adapted to fit in the tray disposed adjacent the top opening of the tray and to be closely covered with the tray by said covers, and resilient cover closing means in the outer shell covers connected with said side portions of the tray resiliently to hold the tray disposed completely inside the outer shell covers when the outer watch holding frame is untilted and flatly disposed in the tray, said resilient cover closing means being extensible toggle links pivotally connected with the covers and with said side portions of the tray, and springs connected with the toggle links and joints thereof biasing the toggle links in a retracted position resiliently to hold the tray completely inside the covers when the outer watch holding frame is flatly disposed unpivoted in the tray.

3. A pull-out watchcase for desk, dresser, table, bedroom night-stand and other top surface use comprising a pair of outer shell covers having opposed open ends, a tray having side walls with a top opening and side por tions slidably mounted in said covers, an outer watch holding frame flatly mounted in the tray and having one side pivotally secured to said tray, resilient frame pivoting means connected with the said frame to pivot the frame and bias the unsecured portion of said frame out of the tray when the covers are pulled from the frame and the top opening of the tray, said pivoting means including a bowed spring, and stop means connected with the outer frame to hold said frame pivoted at a predetermined tilted angle, said tray being adapted closely to fit through the opposed open ends of the covers and entirely within the covers and said outer watch holding frame having a front face adapted to fit in the tray disposed adjacent the top opening of the tray and to be closely covered with the tray by said covers, tray guide members with guide slot openings mounted in the covers, guide arms on said side portions of the tray disposed adjacent and parallel to said guide slot openings in the tray guide members, and bar-shaped members extending from the guide arms through the guide slot openings slidably to connect the tray with the tray guide members.

4. A pull-out watchcase for desk, dresser, table, bedroom night-stand and other top surface use comprising a pair of outer shell covers having opposed open ends, a tray having side walls with a top opening and side portions slidably mounted in said covers, an outer watch holding frame flatly mounted in the tray and having one side pivotally secured to said tray, resilient frame pivoting means connected with the said frame to pivot the frame and bias the unsecured portion of said frame out of the tray when the covers are pulled from the frame and the top opening of the tray, said pivoting means in cluding a bowed spring, stop means connected with the outer frame to hold said frame pivoted at a predetermined tilted angle, and resilient cover closing means in the outer shell covers connected with said side portions of the tray resiliently to hold the tray disposed completely inside the outer shell covers when the outer watch holding frame is untilted and flatly disposed in the tray, said resilient cover closing means being extensible toggle links pivotally connected with the covers and with said side portions of the tray, and springs connected with the toggle links and joints thereof biasing the toggle links in a retracted position resiliently to hold the tray completely inside the covers when the outer watch holding frame is flatly disposed unpivoted in the tray, tray guide members with guide slot openings mounted in the covers, guide arms on said side portions of the tray disposed adjacent and parallel to said guide slot openings in the tray guide members, and bar-shaped members extend ing from the guide arms through the guide slot openings slidably to connect the tray with the tray guide members.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,816,101 Verger July 28, 1931 1,860,773 Egouvillon et al. May 3], 1932 FOREIGN PATENTS 194,800 Switzerland Mar. 16, 1938 267,736 Switzerland July 1, 1950 356,556 Great Britain Sept. 10, 1931 

